Thirty businesses along NW 23rd Avenue formed their own safety group, since they aren’t getting help from police. Police say they are too short-staffed to respond.
PORTLAND, Ore. — More than two dozen businesses in the neighborhood around Northwest 23rd Avenue say they are being broken into and vandalized on a weekly basis.
“I never thought it would get to this,” said Walter Bowers, one of the owners of Thai Bloom Restaurant. He pointed to a window covered by boards that had just been broken into.
“You can still see broken glass,” he said. Graffiti covered the restaurant’s awnings and patio area. “It’s a
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